The Sins of the Father, part 4 - The Ghost from the Past

Tribute to: Metroid Fusion and Kamen Rider Gaim Gaiden: Kamen Rider Zangetsu


As Takatora and Samus went deeper onto the basement of the Zawame Child Development Institute, the entire area began to resemble the entire Helheim Forest, as all of the forest's plants began to entwine deeper on the building. To Takatora's shock, who thought that few remnants of Helheim are still intact beneath the entire Zawame City?

"It's like this place has been infected with X Parasites. I have a bad feeling about this..." Samus senses what would be a bad omen that would come to her and the older Kureshima.

"...And yet, there are no traces of Inves in this place right now." Takatora said whilst he examines the area.

Suddenly, an earthquake begins to occur within... Sensing to be trouble, Takatora and Samus find themselves facing a spider monster! Before they attempt to attack it, Samus recalls this famiiar-looking crawly.

"That's the Yakuza. That was a monster that I once fought in the BSL Reactor Silo." Samus quickly recognizes the creature. "Takatora, the only thing to weaken it is to shoot it in the mouth."

Takatora still transforms with the Sengoku Driver when he once again encountered another familiar presence, Armored Rider Idunn!

"Touka?!" Takatora is shocked by the presence of the same Armored Rider who attacked his subordinates and his brother a long time ago.

(A/N: Obocchama means "young master")

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Takatora-obocchama." Idunn in a mocking voice "The Touka you know is long dead!"

Samus then activates her suit once again. As she and Takatora target two enemies - Idunn and the Gedo X. Samus focuses on Idunn while Takatora goes with the Gedou X. The Gedou X's weak point is its mouth, and Takatora/Zangetsu had a hard time throwing his Melon Defender at it. However, Samus was able to weaken Idunn by just shooting at her Sengoku Driver.


"Takatora, let me Trans-Fuse onto you!" Samus eagerly said as she is about to change into her Morph Ball before she drops a Power Bomb to initiate a Crystal Flash.

"Alright. This is it! We'll have to destroy this facility once and for all!" Takatora agrees as he drew out his Genesis Driver and Melon Energy Lockseed.


A/N, Song used: Supernova by Tetra-Fang (Kamen Rider Kiva's Emperor Form Insert Theme)


"MELON ENERGY!" Zangetsu unlocks his Melon Energy Lockseed as he unequipped his Sengoku Driver and switching to the Genesis Driver, causing his the waist portion of his Ride Ware to gain black outlines. He then holds Samus in her Morph Ball form as she detonates a Power Bomb.

"Chou Henshin!" Takatora screamed upon the Power Bomb's detonation, causing him (along with Samus) to be encased in a spherical cocoon of energy. Here, Samus' power suit began to embed itself onto Takatora's body, following with Samus' consciousness in her physical body lying nude onto a partially transformed Takatora. Then Takatora then locks his Melon Energy Lockseed onto the Genesis Driver.

[ ~Overflowing passion breaks through this body~ ]
[ ~Time begins to melt at the next stage!~ ]

"LOCK ON! SODA!" upon pushing the Genesis Driver's Seaboll Compressor, it initiates the transformation into Zangetsu Shin.

[ ~By progressing forward, I overcome my fears~ ]
[ ~Although I'm not used to my regrets~ ]

"MELON ENERGY ARMS!" The cocoon of energy began to fade away, emerging from it is New Generation Rider Zangetsu Shin! Samus infused herself, both body and soul onto Zangetsu Shin.

[ ~The moment I realize that, everything starts to change~ ]
[ ~Take a look! It seems fate is moving so fast!~ ]

"Gwaaaaaaaaaaagggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Zangetsu Shin lets out a roar that even echoed from a distance, as infinite power began to overflow on his body/

The result of Samus Trans-Fusing herself onto Takatora as Zangetsu Shin granted him the abilities that Samus uses within her power suit. He demonstrated a Screw Attack on the Gedo X before landing the Mujin Kick at Idunn.

(A/N: Mujin means "no blade" or "blade-less". Mujin Kick is Zangetsu's Rider Kick.)

[ ~At maximum impact, this situation brings forth a miracle~ ]
[ ~That never stops myself from changing~ ]

Then, the Samus-possessed Zangetsu Shin activated a Melon Energy Squash function, allowing the use of Speed Booster, overwhelming Idunn with monstrous acceleration and G-force running speed, before sending her flying at the Gedo X's mouth, devouring her in the process.

[ ~No one ever knows, the surges inside me~ ]
[ ~That intertwines throughout the world~ ]
[ ~Once I start running into the new era... Supernova!~ ]

"I'm sorry, Touka. I hope you find peace in the next life." Takatora briefly lamented at his once childhood friend's second demise when Idunn is being devoured by the Gedou X.

"Takatora, remember, aim for its mouth!" Samus' consciousness began to reiterate at Takatora. By locking the Melon Energy Lockseed onto the Sonic Arrow, he starts to aim at the Gedou X's maw. Zangetsu Shin is unfazed by the Gedou X's flaming projectiles fired from its mouth as Samus trans-fuses herself to gain him prolonged invincibility. As Zangetsu Shin has three minutes left during Rider Flash mode, he fires.

[ ~Inside this darkness too thick to see through~ ]
[ ~Along with an emanating ray of light~ ]

*MELON ENERGY!*

The arrow projectile fired from the Sonic Arrow began to split into hundreds of arrows, penetrating even on the Gedou X's skin. Not only that, more arrows landed on the Gedou X's maw, ultimately disintegrating it in the process. With the Gedou X now destroyed, the entire building is going to collapse. Takatora/Zangetsu Shin has one more minute left until the Rider Flash expires.

"Takatora, we have to Shinespark our way out of here!" Samus then reminds Takatora to use her suit's Shinespark ability as there is still time before the Rider Trans-Fusion ends.

Zangetsu Shin once again activates the Melon Energy Squash function via the Genesis Driver, he kneels forward with one hand on his leg, as he immediately jumped in extremely huge height. Zangetsu Shin Shinesparks his way from above the main building of the development facility, as he escaped the building in the process. With the facility finally destroyed for good.

Outside, Zangetsu Shin landed on safe ground. With the Trans-Fusion time limit already out, Takatora de-transforms; upon doing so, the cocoon of energy materialized itself in order for Samus' consciousness to move out of Zangetsu Shin's body.

Takatora becomes wracked with fatigue after that decisive battle, as his vitality during the Rider Flash drained him gradually. Causing Samus herself to regain energy instead. The strain of the Trans-Fusion caused Takatora to experience a slight amount of muscle spasms. The older Kureshima ends up passing out due to the exhaustion.

Samus helps the older Kureshima to stand on his own power. As Samus gunship arrived, she came back inside as she returns back to the Kureshimas' home, along with an exhausted Takatora.


Later that same night...

Takatora awakes, revealing that he caught up with a fever. As Samus and Mitsuzane tend to him.

"Mitsuzane..." the older Kureshima said in an unwell voice.

"Samus said that you just caught a fever. You've been working hard very lately." Micchy sighed, noticing his brother's current hardships.

"Thanks for looking after my nii-san the whole day, Samus." The young Kureshima said in a mix of relief and worry as he takes his leave.

"Mitsuzane, where are you going?" the bounty hunter asked while frowning.

"I have to meet some friends. I have a lot of amends to settle with..." Micchy said as he leaves his older brother's room.

"Amends?" she said.

"Don't worry about him." Takatora snorted, and Samus turns her attention at the older Kureshima. "Like what I said, Mitsuzane has time to make amends for his past actions that left him a ruin in the past. I bet he has important things to do."

"That battle back in the development facility was like a dream." Takatora recalls the recent events. "Sorry if I dragged you into this, Samus."

"That's okay, Takatora." the bounty hunter chirped. "You only did it without any regret. And besides, it kinda calls back to my last mission on that research facility I once investigated."

"Samus, I have one more thing to request..." the older Kureshima asked.

"What is that, Takatora?" she said.

"Can you look after Mitsuzane for me?" Takatora's request. "Even if I can't be at my brother's side, perhaps I will allow you to be on his side too."

"Mitsuzane can look after himself. But, sure I will. Your and your brother's friendship means something to me." Samus complimented while holding the older Kureshima's hand.

When Takatora's intent to destroy a facility that was once run by his father succeeded, he finally moves on from the curse that plagued his family with the help of Samus. But, the road to redemption keeps going on and on for both Kureshima brothers, along with their wayward guardian of a bounty hunter, Samus Aran. For Samus, the gunslinging Rider of a thief is twice as a threat in comparison to Decade - what is really the ulterior motive of the blue Rider?

-to be continued-